Ɖ Gardịn vy on Izrel’z ʈret wɖn: rîtwñ xtrimizm in guvnmnt
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 7 Dec. 2022)
Beṇ́min Neṭńāhu z pleyñ wɖ fîr bî gvñ resist poḷtiśnz cntrol ovr ɖ p’līs n ɖ okpaid teritriz
Wnzde 7 Dsmbr 2022
Ɖ crîsis in ɖ Holi Land z wns agn at “bôlñpônt”, wɖ blud biyñ spilt on bʈ sîdz. Tor Wennesland, ɖ YN’z pīs envô, dd nt mins hiz wrdz t ɖ s’kṛticaunsl ɖs wīc. Ɖ rîzñ deʈtol in ɖ Wst Banc, ɖ wrst sins 2006, z rôlñ ɖ wōtrz. Sins Jańri, abt 140 Paḷstińnz hv bn cild in ɖs teritri, nirli ol bî Izreli forsz. Paḷstińn atacs tarġtñ Izreliz hv left 30 ded.
Dez rlịr, Mr Wennesland hd bn “hoṛfaid” bî ɖ fetl śūtñ v an unarmd Paḷstińn man jrñ a scufl wɖ an Izreli bordr-p’līs ofisr. Ɖ mcābra vidio v ɖ cilñ rvild h wz rît t b alarmd. Yt rɖr ɖn upbrêdñ ɖ ofisr fr a public x’kśn, ɖ incumñ naśnl-s’kṛti ministr, Itamar Ben-Gvir, fṛm ɖ far-rît Juiś Pǎr parti, hêld him az a hiro.
Ɖ Rlijs Zaynizm blóc, léd bî Mr Ben-Gvir n ɖ Juiś sūpreṃsist Beẓlél Smotrić, z nǎ ɖ ʈrd-larjist grūp in ɖ Cnesét. Harḅrñ resists n homofobz, it wz ɖ big winr in last munʈ’z ilex́nz. Ɖ luzrz wr Izreli dmocṛsi n ɖ Paḷstińnz. Yācov Katz, editr-in-ćīf v ɖ Jrūsḷm Post, hz gd rīzn t cōl Mr Ben-Gvir “ɖ modn Izreli vrśn v an Americn ẃît sūpreṃsist n a Yṛpiyn fasist”. Mr Ben-Gvir, hu hz bn cnvictd v resist insîtmnt n s’port fr terrizm, olrdi hz tns rleśnz wɖ Izrel’z Aṛb mnoṛti. Az h hz rpitidli plejd t rīḷcet Beduinz n Paḷstińn Izreli sitiznz t neḅrñ Aṛb stets, mć wrs cd b in stor fr ɖm.
Ɖ proxiṃt cōz fr vayḷnt xtrimists in Izrel’z guvnmnt z Beṇ́min Neṭńāhu. On trîl fr c’rupśn – ćarjz ɖt Mr Neṭńāhu dnîz – h sīmz wilñ t pe eni prîs t end ɖ cesz agnst him. In rtrn fr an asōlt on Izrel’z justișistm ʈru ny lejsleśn advanst bî hiz faŗît n ultra-Orʈ̇dox alîz, Mr Neṭńāhu apirz t b rīśepñ guvnmnt t ɖer advantij – noṭbli handñ ovr vrć̣li untramld pǎrz in ɖ okpaid teritriz. H sīcs t rîd ɖ radicl wev srjñ ʈru Juiś Izreli ssayti. Abt 60% v sć votrz nǎ cnsidr ɖmslvz rîtwñ – p fṛm 46% in 2019. Amñ yuñ Izreliz, s’port tops 70%.
Ɖz trendz śd wuri Izrel. Sins 1967, ɖ cuntri hz gvn itslf plōzibl dnạbiḷti ovr dīṗnñ an ilīgl okpeśn in ɖ Wst Banc bî clemñ ɖ rījn wz undr an êṗliticl, militri-administrd līgl reźīm ɖt rspcts inṭnaśnl lw. Ɖs, sd s’xesiv Izreli guvnmnts, wz a tmprri s’lūśn untl a prṃnnt dīl wz rīćt wɖ ɖ Paḷstińnz. Ptñ Mr Smotrić’z parti in ćarj ʈretnz t xpoz ɖs az a ś’red, cnfrmñ ɖt Izreli okpeśn z a form v apartîd.
Mr Neṭńāhu apirz t b betñ ɖ wrld wl blinc frst. Hiz frendz in ɖ Gulf r sticñ bî him. Ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn sz it wl juj ɖ ny guvnmnt bî its poḷsiz, nt its prṣnaḷtiz. Bt ɖ faŗît marć t ɖer ǒn drum. Mr Smotrich s’ports ɖ aṇxeśn v ɖ Wst Banc, ɖ xpanśn v setlmnts n ɖ deṃliśn v Paḷstińn homz. Mr Ben-Gvir planz a pṛvoc̣tiv miṇstirịl “vizit” t Haram al-Sharif, sait v ɖ ʈrd-holiist śrîn in Izlam, undr ɖ pritns ɖt Izreli Juz r struġlñ fr ɖer rlijs rîts. F sć wrdz bcm dīdz, ɖen a Paḷstińn uprîzñ – a ʈrd inṭfāda – w’nt b far awe. Ɖs z a dizṃl ʈōt, bt it sīmz t b ẃr ɖ unforćṇt īvluśn v Izreli poḷtics z hedñ.
